BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation

Good morning. My name is Justin, and I will be your conference facilitator today for the BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation second quarter 2022 earnings call. Hosting the call will be James Keenan, Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Nick Single, President Chip Holliday, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Lawrence D. Paredes, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Marshall Merriman, Managing Director and Member of the Company's Investment Committee, and Jason Mayring, Managing Director and Member of the Company's Investment Committee. Lines have been placed on mute. After the speakers complete their update, they will open the line for a question and answer session. In order to ask a question, you can press star 1 on your touchtone telephone. Thank you.

Mr. Paredes, you may begin the conference call. Earnings Conference Call of BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation, or BCIC.

Before we begin our remarks today, I would like to point out that certain comments made during this conference call and within corresponding documents contain forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties. Many of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as anticipates, believes, expects, intends, will, should, may, and similar expressions. We call to your attention the fact that BCIC's actual results may differ from these statements. As you know, BCIC has filed with the SEC reports which list some of the factors which may cause BCIC's results to differ materially from these statements. BCIC assumes no duty to and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements. Additionally, certain information discussed and presented may have been derived from third-party sources and has not been independently verified. Accordingly, BCIC makes no representation or warranty with respect to such information. Please note we've posted to our website an investor presentation that complements this call. Shortly, Jim will highlight some of the information contained in the presentation. The presentation can be accessed by going to our website at www.blackrockbkcc.com and clicking the August 2022 investor presentation link in the presentations section of the investors page. I would now like to turn the call over to Jim.